bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
emperor (of Japan); mikado
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
why; how; for what reason
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so